• SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    81
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    3 months ago

    Media and games. Only loaded and run when I’m using them.

    Package dependencies? How much of that is loading at runtime? How many security holes and exploits is some sub, sub, sub package going to introduce?

    • IsoSpandy@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      24
      ·
      3 months ago

      I love this shit you know. Before Linux, I didn’t know that upgrading could decrease the amount of space it takes. And especially since I have a 512gb ssd only, this feels so good.

  • Andrew
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    14
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    3 months ago

    Spreading the word of IEC units: it’s “1.46 TiB” and “200 MiB” btw.

      • Andrew
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        2
        arrow-down
        4
        ·
        3 months ago

        Yeah, that why IEC units carry only one meansing. It’s all that stupid JEDEC that standardized SI units to binary multiples. Dumbest shit I’ve ever seen.

        • corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          6
          ·
          3 months ago

          When you make up new words - see ‘fetch’ - you can decide it means everything you want.

          Doesn’t mean that validating hard drive vendors’ scams is somehow right to do.

          • Andrew
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            1
            arrow-down
            2
            ·
            3 months ago

            Which scams? HDD/SSD AFAIK use SI units so that checks out for me.

  • Matriks404@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    5
    ·
    3 months ago

    Someone explain me why do I need to spend 10 minutes waiting for some perl stuff to compile while all I wanted is to have live updated currency exchange rates in GnuCash.

  • PenisDuckCuck9001@lemmynsfw.com
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    3 months ago

    Part of this is from the nostalgia of never having to update your shit in the days of Windows 9x and Windows XP. Installing stuff never required a system update or an internet connection. Drivers were installed via floppy disk or CD. There were tons of other problems all the time of course but at least we didn’t have to remember to update stuff.